CogmemAi — Cognitive Memory for Ai Coding Assistants

Your Ai coding assistant forgets everything between sessions. CogmemAi fixes that.

One command. Your assistant remembers your architecture, patterns, decisions, bugs, and preferences — permanently. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Continue, and any MCP-compatible tool. Switch editors, switch models, switch machines — your knowledge stays.

What's New in v3

• Memory health score — see how healthy your memory system is at a glance with a 0-100 score and actionable factors

• Session replay — pick up exactly where you left off with automatic session summaries loaded at startup

• Self-tuning memory — memories automatically adjust importance based on real usage; stale memories auto-archive

• Auto-ingest README — when you start a new project, CogmemAi offers to learn from your README instantly

• Smart recall — relevant memories surface automatically as you switch topics mid-session

• Auto-learning — CogmemAi learns from your sessions automatically, no manual saving needed

• Task tracking — save tasks that persist across sessions with status and priority

• Correction learning — teach your assistant what went wrong and what's right, so mistakes aren't repeated

• Session reminders — set nudges that surface automatically at the start of your next session

• Stale memory detection — find outdated memories that need review or cleanup

• File change awareness — see what files changed since your last session

• Memory consolidation — merge related memories into comprehensive summaries using Ai

• 29 tools — the most complete memory toolkit for Ai coding assistants

Quick Start

npx cogmemai-mcp setup

That's it. The setup wizard verifies your API key, configures Claude Code, installs automatic context recovery, and you're ready. Start Claude Code by typing claude and your memories are ready.

Don't have an API key yet? Get one free at hifriendbot.com/developer.

The Problem

Every time you start a new session, you lose context. You re-explain your tech stack, your architecture decisions, your coding preferences. Built-in memory in tools like Claude Code is a flat file with no search, no structure, and no intelligence.

CogmemAi gives your Ai assistant a real memory system:

• Semantic search — finds relevant memories by meaning, not keywords

• Ai-powered extraction — automatically identifies facts worth remembering from your conversations

• Smart deduplication — detects duplicate and conflicting memories automatically

• Privacy controls — auto-detects API keys, tokens, and secrets before storing

• Document ingestion — feed in READMEs and docs to instantly build project context

• Project scoping — memories tied to specific repos, plus global preferences that follow you everywhere

• Smart context — intelligently ranked for maximum relevance to your current work

• Compaction recovery — survives Claude Code context compaction automatically

• Token-efficient — compact context loading that won't bloat your conversation

• Zero setup — no databases, no Docker, no Python, no vector stores

Why Cloud Memory?

Local memory solutions come with maintenance overhead: database management, version conflicts, storage growth, and setup complexity. CogmemAi runs extraction and search server-side. Your MCP server is a thin HTTP client — zero local databases, zero RAM issues, zero maintenance. All memories are encrypted at rest, so your data is just as secure as a local database — with cloud portability and team features on top.

Your memory follows you everywhere. Memories created in Claude Code are instantly available in Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, and any MCP-compatible tool. Switch between Opus, Sonnet, Haiku, or any model your editor supports — your memories persist regardless. New laptop? New OS? Log in and your full project knowledge is waiting. A local SQLite file dies with your machine. Cloud memory is permanent.

Teams and collaboration. Cloud memory is the only way to share project knowledge across teammates. When one developer saves an architecture decision or documents a bug fix, every team member's Ai assistant knows about it instantly. No syncing, no merge conflicts, no stale local databases. Whether it's two developers or twenty, everyone's assistant has the same up-to-date context. This is impossible with local-only memory solutions.

Compaction Recovery

When your Ai assistant compacts your context, conversation history gets compressed and context is lost. CogmemAi handles this automatically — your context is preserved before compaction and seamlessly restored afterward. No re-explaining, no manual prompting.

The npx cogmemai-mcp setup command configures everything automatically.

Skill

CogmemAi includes a Claude Skill that teaches Claude best practices for memory management — when to save, importance scoring, memory types, and session workflows.

Claude Code:

/skill install https://github.com/hifriendbot/cogmemai-mcp/tree/main/skill/cogmemai-memory

Claude.ai: Upload the skill/cogmemai-memory folder in Settings > Skills.

Claude API: Use the Skills API to attach the skill to your requests.

CLI Commands

npx cogmemai-mcp setup          # Interactive setup wizard
npx cogmemai-mcp setup <key>    # Setup with API key
npx cogmemai-mcp verify         # Test connection and show usage
npx cogmemai-mcp --version      # Show installed version
npx cogmemai-mcp help           # Show all commands

Manual Setup

If you prefer to configure manually instead of using npx cogmemai-mcp setup:

Option A — Per project (add .mcp.json to your project root):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cogmemai": {
      "command": "cogmemai-mcp",
      "env": {
        "COGMEMAI_API_KEY": "cm_your_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Option B — Global (available in every project):

claude mcp add cogmemai cogmemai-mcp -e COGMEMAI_API_KEY=cm_your_api_key_here --scope user

Works With

Claude Code (Recommended)

Automatic setup:

npx cogmemai-mcp setup

Cursor

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cogmemai": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "cogmemai-mcp"],
      "env": { "COGMEMAI_API_KEY": "cm_your_api_key_here" }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cogmemai": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "cogmemai-mcp"],
      "env": { "COGMEMAI_API_KEY": "cm_your_api_key_here" }
    }
  }
}

Cline (VS Code)

Open VS Code Settings > Cline > MCP Servers, add:

{
  "cogmemai": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y", "cogmemai-mcp"],
    "env": { "COGMEMAI_API_KEY": "cm_your_api_key_here" }
  }
}

Continue

Add to ~/.continue/config.yaml:

mcpServers:
  - name: cogmemai
    command: npx
    args: ["-y", "cogmemai-mcp"]
    env:
      COGMEMAI_API_KEY: cm_your_api_key_here

CogmemUI Cockpit

CogmemUI Cockpit is a free multi-model Ai workspace with built-in CogmemAi memory. Add your CogmemAi API key in Settings > API Keys and your memory is instantly available. CogmemUI also supports connecting any MCP-compatible tool server via Settings > MCP Servers — add endpoints, auto-discover tools, and use them in chat.

Get your free API key at hifriendbot.com/developer.

Tools

CogmemAi provides 29 tools that your Ai assistant uses automatically:

SDKs

Build your own integrations with the CogmemAi API:

• JavaScript/TypeScript: npm install cogmemai-sdk — npm · GitHub

• Python: pip install cogmemai — PyPI · GitHub

Memory Types

Memories are categorized for better organization and retrieval:

• identity — Who you are, your role, team

• preference — Coding style, tool choices, conventions

• architecture — System design, tech stack, file structure

• decision — Why you chose X over Y

• bug — Known issues, fixes, workarounds

• dependency — Version constraints, package notes

• pattern — Reusable patterns, conventions

• context — General project context

• task — Persistent tasks with status and priority tracking

• correction — Wrong approach → right approach patterns

• reminder — Next-session nudges that auto-expire

Scoping

• Project memories — Architecture, decisions, bugs specific to one repo. Auto-detected from your repository.

• Global memories — Your coding preferences, identity, tool choices. Available in every project.

Pricing

Start free. Upgrade when you need more. Or pay per operation with USDC on-chain — no credit card required.

Privacy & Security

• Encryption at rest. All memories are encrypted before they touch the database. Even in a data breach, your data is unreadable.

• No source code leaves your machine. We store extracted facts (short sentences), never raw code.

• API keys cryptographically hashed (irreversible) server-side.

• All traffic over HTTPS.

• No model training on your data. Ever.

• Delete everything instantly via dashboard or MCP tool.

• No cross-user data sharing.

Read our full privacy policy.

Environment Variables

Support

• Issues: GitHub Issues

• Docs: hifriendbot.com/developer

License

MIT — see LICENSE

Built by HiFriendbot — Better Friends, Better Memories, Better Ai.